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' No. 62,472. Patented Mar. 2|, I899.

J. FIBRIG. APPARATUS FOR ATTAINING CORRECT PUSITIUN OF P'ENSWHl-IN'WRlTl-NG.

. I (Application filed Dec. 81, 1897.)

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NITED TATES ATENT FFICEQ APPARATUS FOR ATTAINING CORRECT POSITION OFPENS WHEN WRITING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 190,621,472, dated March21, 1899. Application filed December 31,1397- Serial No. 665,006- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatLJoHANN FIBRIc,a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Unter-Thorl, in the Province of Oarinthia,in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for Attaining the Correct Position of Penswhen IVriting, (for which Letters Patent have been obtained in Austria,dated June 20, 1897, registered Vol. 47, Fol. 2,326; in Belgium, datedAugust 31, 1897, No. 129,984; in Hungary, dated September 18, 1897, No.10,748; in Germany, Gebrauschmuster, dated September 18, 1897, No.83,816; in France, dated December 2, 1897, No. 272,748; in GreatBritain, dated November 17, 1897, No. 26,937; in Italy, dated November27, 1897, Reg. Gen. 34/46A00, Reg. Att. 90/307; in Switzerland, datedDecember 13, 1897, No. 15,919, and in Russia, dated December 25, 1897;)and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to mechanical aids in the teaching of penmanship;and its object is to provide a device which will hold the pen in anyrequired position until the proper holding becomes automatic and the useof the device can be dispensed with.

Broadly speaking, the invention consists in the construction and use oftwo elastic bows in such a position upon the hand that the thumb,forefinger, and pen are held together at the correct relative distances.The pen is thus kept at the proper slope, and the writing is therebyfacilitated.

In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is asectional detail view thereof.

The device consists,essentially,of a band A, p

of elastic material, stitched or otherwiseunited at a and c to form twoloops or and c of unequal size, the latter for the insertion of the.

to provide a bearing or holder for the writing instrument, (pen orpencil,) the angle of which relatively to the thumb and fingers dependschiefly upon the elasticity of such holder and upon the pressure of theforefinger upon the writing instrument, so that the teacher iscompelled, when the device is used by a pupil, to adjust the writingimplement to the proper angle and see that it is held in the adjustedposition during the use of the device.

The object of this invention is to obviate these inconveniences byproviding an adj ustable holder and means for locking the writinginstrument immovably into its adjusted position. To this end I attach tothe elastic band at the point of junction of the two loops abearing-plate 6 to which is swiveled or otherwise journaled a horizontalsupporting plate 6 for the writing instrument, said supporting-platebeing preferably made tapering toward its outer end and having said endrounded, as shown, and provided with a hole 6 a segmental slot 6 havingfor center the center of said hole, being formed near the in-' nerend-of the plate 6. Vith this supporting-plate I" combine a U-shapedclamp e whose shanks are inserted into'the aforesaid slot and hole, theshank passing through the latter being longer than the one that extendsinto the slot 6 and screw-threaded for the reception of a nut c. It willthus be seen that the clamp can turn about one of its shanks, wherebythe writing instrument can be adjusted to the proper angle and thenclamped immovably to the supporting-plate by the nut e Inasmuch as thesupporting-plate e is swiveled to the plate 6 the writing instrument canreadily follow the movements of the fingers, while no exertion isrequired to hold the said instrument in the proper position in writing.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Means for holding the pen or pencil in correct'position for use,comprising an elastic main loop adapted to embrace the four fingers andprovided with a looped extension for the thumb, and a revoluble pencilor pen clamp secured to said main loop between it and its extension, forthe purpose set forth.

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2. The combination with the elastic band I through the hole beingscrew-threaded and I0 having loops a and c, of a metal plateswivcarrying a nut below the plate, substantially eled 0r journaled tothe band at thejunction as and for the purpose set forth. of said loops,said plate provided near its In testimony whereof I a'ffix my signatureouter end with a hole, and near its inner end in presence of twoWitnesses. with a segmental slot having for center the J OHANN FIBRIG.center of said hole; of the U-shaped clamp Witnesses:

6 whose shanks'extend through said slot HENRY C. CARPENTER, and holerespectively, the shank extending CHAs. E. CARPENTER.

